Methods and systems for refining search results

There are provided methods and systems for generating a refined search engine results page (SERP) for a search query received from a user. A search query result set is generated in response to the search query and displayed to the user on a SERP. A user interest parameter for a search result element is generated based at least in part on user interaction with the search result element on the SERP, based on summing a first and second weight for the search result element on a first and second search result, respectively. A second search query including the initial search query, the search result element, and the user interest parameter as a reformulation of the initial search query indicating significance of the search result element is generated, and the search query results generated in response to the second search query are displayed to the user, thereby generating the refined SERP.